Women, Business and the Law 2022 is the eighth in a series of annual reports measuring the laws and regulations that affect women’s economic opportunity in 190 economies. Women, Business and the Law makes the case for reform toward gender equality and highlights the way toward a more equitable and prosperous world.

This year, the report also includes important pilot research on the legal frameworks surrounding the availability, affordability, and quality of childcare, and preliminary results of pilot efforts to examine the implementation of the laws measured by the Women, Business and the Law indicators.

Report by the World Bank